One thing we can gather from large price tag on ATI 5870

mynameisjarvis · 2 Sep 2009 at 23:55

D D Danneh, you are amazing hahah

arc@css · 3 Sep 2009 at 07:53

Thanks for the vid, will be grabbing that when it come out

rounddodger · 3 Sep 2009 at 08:28

Some people are just deluded. It is simple, ATI are gonna launch with zero competiton for a short while so they dont need to price aggressively, at least not at first. ATI have got their foot in the door again with the 4xxx series and i don't think the next series will be priced quite as aggressively.

LeJosh · 3 Sep 2009 at 12:48

JediFragger said:
Will keep my Crossfired 4890s I think til their is a good reason to upgrade

/sarcasm

DX11 ofcourse...

Rezident · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:14

ray liotta said:
Is it must perform at least on level or above the GTX 295, at twice the price of a 4890, im expecting a lot of performance for my pound.

I have ATI & Nvidia like this

Nvidia: M&S
ATI: Morrisons

When i shop at Morrisons, i expect to get more for my money, but less quality, and with M&S i go there knowing i will pay premium price for a top product.

When Morrisons(ATI) start charging same as M&S i want even better than i get at M&S.

Thats how im looking at this price(if rumour true).

Could we finally get a card that can handle Crysis a 2yr old game or we wait another 2 years before a card can run it at very high settings

What do you mean by "less quality" from ATI than Nvidia? Do you think they use silicon of less quality or something?

ViRuS2k · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:23

would matter how much better looking assasons creed 2 will be on pc becuse its only being released on 360 and ps3 lol

Nelly · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:30

ray liotta said:
Could we finally get a card that can handle Crysis a 2yr old game or we wait another 2 years before a card can run it at very high settings

My 4890 runs Crysis at 40fps @1900x1200 good enough for me. My GTX 295 did 52fps on my setup, both on very high settings.

marley82 · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:42

D D Danneh said:
Morrisons own brand GPU's?

lol!

chaparral · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:45

LoadsaMoney said:
What large price tag ?

Maybe from this thread :confused:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18049620

casw1000 · 3 Sep 2009 at 13:56

LOL - I recalled paying £484 from this place for the latest and greatest X1900XTX edition, only to be replaced or demoted by the 29xx series within 3 months. sure I understand upgrades happen, but oh boy was I mad. This was enough to put me off from spending huge money on the best from day one. It didn't even fold well. So back to topic. If you're bulking at the idea of $599 for a dual GPU single boarded card, just think, NV will be more expensive regardless. Just look at the current prices, NV GTX295 is still way more expensive than the AMD X2 card. Er, actually I couldnt find a X2 card on the OCUK site. Anywho, you get my drift. I think from a gamer stance, you get a lot more for your money now days, than back on the X800, X1900 series. Much better value. I think. PS, I dont play games on pc. So I am impartial as to which is better unless your talking about folding of course, then I am biased on facts.

~>Dg<~ · 3 Sep 2009 at 14:05

ray liotta said:
Ok i know not most amazing screenshots

This video of GAMEPLAY might give you better idea how good it looks, remeber this xbox version aswell....

It also has a open map, which takes 9 hours to walk the whole length, or 15 minutes by a chopper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jdtSszBT4

I dare you to admit it don't look good

that game will fail . its just a arma 2 like game more fun opening a tin of paint and watching that.

BigRazer93 · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:03

hmmm, tbh we are gnna just have to wait on the prices on the new 5870's, you know what people are like nower days, omg its going to be £900000 for the next cpus to come out, its a load of bull. People are going just have to wait a week or 2 and see how much they are gnna be. My plan was to get 2 4890's in crossfire but i am going to sit back and wait for benchies on the 5870. Trust me, i dont think they are gnna be all that dear, people chat balls tbh lol.

_SBradley_ · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:49

D D Danneh said:
Morrisons own brand GPU's?

Hah!

Maybe not quite so funny: my current PC is a Medion from Aldi.

jigger · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:04

_SBradley_ said:
Hah! Maybe not quite so funny: my current PC is a Medion from Aldi.

_SBradley_ · 3 Sep 2009 at 23:29

It's done me well, actually: it's almost five years old. If it weren't for the fact that I'd upgraded my camera to the Canon 50D, I'd probably stick with it a year or two longer! (The rendering/processing time for 20 MiB RAW files is a bit too long.)

animeguitarist · 4 Sep 2009 at 00:22

hehe, am still wait for a card to come along that can beat my Geforce 8800gtx, twice factory overclocked by BFG. the thing still suprises me it runs crysis, crysis warhead and far cry 2 all on full spec.

Seriously!!! no joke, best buy ever.

kylew · 4 Sep 2009 at 01:49

_SBradley_ said:
It's done me well, actually: it's almost five years old. If it weren't for the fact that I'd upgraded my camera to the Canon 50D, I'd probably stick with it a year or two longer! (The rendering/processing time for 20 MiB RAW files is a bit too long.)

To be honest, Medion have been making quite good PCs lately. They've definitely improved over the last few years.

kylew · 4 Sep 2009 at 01:50

animeguitarist said:
hehe, am still wait for a card to come along that can beat my Geforce 8800gtx, twice factory overclocked by BFG. the thing still suprises me it runs crysis, crysis warhead and far cry 2 all on full spec.

Seriously!!! no joke, best buy ever.

Looks like you're stuck in last year. There's quite a few cards that beat your 8800GTX... :confused:

AMG · 4 Sep 2009 at 01:54

more than just a few, I m guessing a HD4850 can do it as a 8800GTX and a 9800GTX is equal

Strife212 · 4 Sep 2009 at 03:09

Crysis isn't really beaten to be fair, you can scrape along with GTX 280 SLI or play it really maxed on Tri-SLI.